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Find movie/TV show by imdb_id with trailer data
posted by thrivingSTAFFMOD on november 3, 2015 at 2:59 PM
Is there any way to retrieve movie/TV show and trailer data in one request?
Using the following I don't get any trailer data:
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/find/tt3659388?external_source=imdb_id&api_key=api_key&append_to_response=trailers
However if I request a movie using imdb_id I get what I want (besides this not being documented) but the same won't work for TV shows.
WORKS: https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/tt3659388?api_key=api_key&append_to_response=trailers
DON'T WORK: https://api.themoviedb.org/3/tv/tt0903747?api_key=api_key&append_to_response=trailers
Thanks in advance.
Reply by Travis Bell
on november 4, 2015 at 12:28 PM
Hi thriving,
Unfortunately, no. If you already have the IMDB id then yes, you can use the shortcut above but it does not exist for TV. You would have to use the /find API to get the id.
Cheers.